Copy Element via automation

[Michael Proske]

Is it possible to clone an element via automation interface completely like it is done in the gui via copy/paste element. Or is it possible to create an xmi file that just contains one element. I want just copy an element between two repositories.

[qwerty]

Michael,
there are some recent posts about this here on the forum. Basically it's done by moving elements into a (dummy) package and call clone for that. To copy between repositories you need to ex-/import - also via a dummy package.

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[Michael Proske]

qwerty thanks i did not receieve a search result yesterday with the slow internet from the train the method you explained was the one i had in mind as fallback because it is not was i really wanted to do. My idea is to synchronize two repositories for some entries. With package import and export i always change the element guid what i want to avoid. I need a synchronized copy of an element stored under two different element guids with an permanent update. I have modelled Software products and i need some kind of a reference catalogue that will be maintained in one place and shared with other projects but i only want to have some of the products.

[Geert Bellekens]

Michael,

That's what version control integration is for.
We use the same principle for some of our shared models. The master is stored in the version control system, and an update is simply getting a latest version.
We have currently three repositories who each contain two shared models.

Geert

[qwerty]

With package import and export i always change the element guid what i want to avoid

Definitely not. The element guid is preserved. Only if you explicitly specify Strip GUIDs you get new ones.

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[Makulik]

That's what version control integration is for.

Hi Michael,

That was also what I've been thinking of to give you advice on this topic after your last reply.
We're also using shared models via version controlled packages and I can confirm that this works very well.

Günther